'It was the scariest experience' Lena Headey's body double reveals all on THAT GoT scene

GAME OF THRONES fans were up in arms after the revelation that a body double was used in place of Lena Headey to film her character Cersei Lannister's naked walk of shame and now the actress in question has described the scene as the "scariest experience".

Lena, 41, is currently pregnant with her second child, and therefore a body double was used to film the brutal scenes.

Eagle-eyed viewers swiftly turned to Twitter to point out the actress' body was not that walking through the streets of King's Landing, but instead someone else's.

Lena's body double has now been unveiled as 27-year-old actress and model Rebecca Van Cleave.

The brunette beauty has been credited on IMDb as "naked Cersei" and it was in fact her body that was shown in the full-frontal nude shots when the disgraced Queen was met with a barrage of foul-mouthed abuse as she made her way through the narrow streets of King's Landing.

Breaking her silence about her Game Of Thrones role, Rebecca told Entertainment Weekly: "It was one of the scariest, most wonderful, most gratifying experiences I could have imagined.

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Both women portrayed Cersei Lannister's naked walk

"I never in a million years would have thought I would be in Dubrovnik surrounded by hundreds of extras and crew members throwing food at me, but it was amazing."

The two actresses worked very closely together to ensure that both facial expressions and body language were in sync.

"Lena was so good about walking beside me and guiding me into what Cersei was thinking and the movements," Rebecca said. "We were playing tag team and trying to make light of the fact we’re all covered in everything and going through this together.

"The first time I took off the robe there was all this anticipation building up to it. But it’s such an emotional experience for Cersei, you almost check out of the fact that you’re nude. You’re so in touch with the scene and what you’re going for."

The British-American star was in Dubrovnik, Croatia at the time of filming last September and shared photos of a short hair cut – much like the chop Cersei was subjected to.

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The gruelling scene took three days to film

Lena, who wore a beige shift for the scenes, had her head superimposed onto Rebecca's nude body with the help of computer graphics – but many astute viewers noticed the use of a body double.

Some hardcore devotees even went as far to compare Rebecca's body to Lena's topless scenes from the 2007 fantasy epic 300, just to confirm that the figure in question was definitely different.

It is no doubt controversial that her body was substituted in place of a younger woman's when part of the humiliation in George R.R. Martin's fantasy books is the act of revealing her body and its flaws publicly.

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Rebecca had her hair chopped off like character Cersei

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The Hollywood actress recently spoke about how she felt "terrified" and "humiliated" filming the brutal episode, titled Mother's Mercy.

The plea of penance took three days to shoot and producers reportedly spent a whopping $50,000 a day protecting Lena's modesty on set with 200 security guards.

Rebecca hopes that her performance in the hit HBO show will land her future roles.

"It’s definitely the hardest thing I’ve ever done, but also the best experience of my life," she said. "And I hope the next thing I do will have my head in it."